Hinge



Patented June 28, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT omer..

FRANK zoUFAL, or creano, ILLINOIS, AssIGNonfoF ONE-HALF To WILLIAM I. 'PON- DELICEK,.0F BERWYN, ILLINOIS.

HINGE.

Application filed-April 156, 1926. S'erial-Nof102g499.

My invention relates to improvementsi'n hinges, and especially those used in connection with screen' or storm doors, andit consists in the combinations, constructions, and

arrangements herein described and claimed.

An object of my invention is to provide a hinge, the use of which will enable one to instantly attach a door to the casing, without the necessity of the use of tools of any kind.

A further obj ect of my invention is to provide a hinge which will permit the instant removal of a door or window.

A further object of my invention is to provide a hinge which has all of the advann tages of the ordinary hinge, in that it may be used in precisely the same manner as the ordinary hinge.

A further object of my invention is to provide a hinge which will permit the door or window-to be attached to the frame or casing at either side thereof by merely reversing the position lof the hinge.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification, and the novel features of the invention will be particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

My invention isillustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming part of this application, in which Figure 1 is a face view of oneembodiment of my invention as applied to 'a door and frame,

Figure 2 is a section along the line 2-2 3a of Figure 1, and

Figure 3 is a face view of a modified form of the device.

In carrying out my invention, I make use of a hinge somewhat similar to the ordinary en butt hinge. This has a portionl 1 which is pivoted to a similar portion 2 by means of a pintle 3. Screw holes 4 are provided.. Inl

the member 2, I provide a slot 5 disposed between the screw holes 4f and in axial alignment therewith. Communicating with the slot 5 is a lateral slot 6 which preferably flares outwardly to provide beveled edges 7 The member 1 also has a slot or opening 8 in alignment with the screw openings 4. It will be observed that both the slots 5 and 8 extend above and below the central portion of the hinge to equal distances.

From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device, the operation thereof may be readily understood. In Figure 1, I have shown aportion'ofa"door, or window, or other member, which itis desired to hinge, this member being designated,l as 10. The casing or frame is shown at 9. The hinge is secured tothe door by means of screws 11l in the ordinary manner.

To the casing, I secure a retaining member 12 which maybe a screw,la nail, or a similar member having a head portion larger than the slot 5. This retaining member is located at suchv a distance from the top or the bottom of the doorA as to bring the door in the proper position when the body portion of the retaining member 12 is at the proper extremity of the slot 5.

The door or window has of course hinges at the upper and lower portions. Now when it is desired to remove the door, all that is necessary is to raise it until the body portion 12 of the screw or retaining member 12 is in registration with the transverse slot 6,

when the door may be pulled outwardly free from the casing. In hanging the door,.the latter is pushed rtoward the retaining member which is guided by the beveled edges 7 into the slot 6, and thence into the slot 5, when the door may be lowered to rest on the body portion 12', the head portion of the screw 12 holding the door firmly in position.

In Figure 3, I have shown a modified form of the device in which the hinge member2 has upper and lowerinclined slots 13 and 14C, respectively. In this form of the device, the retaining member 15 is designed to enter the lower slot 14, so that when the door is lowered, the hinge member will pass ber and will draw the doorinto position. In this form of the device, in order to remove the door, it is pulled upwardly, when the hinge member will pass oli from the retaining member.V

The purpose of the slot 8 in the member 1 in both figures is to provide room for the head of the retaining member 12. In Figure 2, I have shown a recess 15 in the'casing 9. Ordinarily, however, it is not necessary to make this recess, since the provision of the slot 8 alone gives room for the head of the screw 12, and even if it should strike the casing, it will make a recess therein which will permit the-door to vclose to its proper position inmost cases. It is desirable ofV course to have the door closed, and in some instances it may be advisable 'to make the over the body portion of the retaining memrecess 15 in the casing, but ordinarily it is not.

In both 'forms of the device, the operation 0l putting on or taking otf the door may be done almost instantly and this obviates the necessity of removing any screws or using any tools in the act of putting the door on or off. As stated above, the hinge may be used in lthe ordinary manner, since if it is desired to make a permanent connection, the screw holes may be used.

claim: n

A hinge comprising a pair of hinge members, each of said members having a pair of 15 aligned screw openings, one of said members of the hinge to equal distances, and being 25 arranged to receive the head of a retaining member when the latter 1s 1n either end of the first named slot of the other hinge member.

FRANK ZOUFAL. 

